Subtest

Levels 5/6–8

Levels 9–17/18

Subtest 4: Number Analogies

Each question shows a 2 x 2 matrix and requires the same processes as the Picture Analogies subtest, but it uses quantitative concepts rather than verbal concepts.

Students examine two pairs of numbers and figure out the rule both pairs follow. Then they apply the rule to a given number and choose an answer that generates a third pair of numbers that follow the same rule. Some questions in this subtest at Level 9 (grade 3) use a matrix format. All others use strings of number pairs.

Subtest 5: Number Puzzles

Each question presents two trains. Students select the answer picture that makes the second train carry the same number of objects as the first train.

Students are presented one or more equations in which at least one number is missing. If one element is missing, students must select the missing number. If two or three elements are missing, students must substitute numbers that are provided for the missing elements and then solve the equation.

Subtest 6: Number Series

Each question shows several strings of beads. The beads make a pattern. Students must discover the pattern and then select the string of beads that comes next in the sequence.

Each question shows a series of numbers and requires the student to identify the pattern and then select the number that comes next in the sequence.